On the hallway near one of the Gardens outside the castle Doulos took one step at a time in deep thought from what he could recall lady Rose was currently in talks with sir Conrad to be Darians physics and math teacher her status made things much more complicated than highering the average servant but he was confident in his mastet Sir Conrads ability to secure deals, the two had discussed this exact thing Conrad named this skill the Art of the deal.
Just then Doulos saw Claus walking towards him with both hands behind his back," Sir Conrad has gone out with Darian and will not be back soon","he said wait shouldn't he be with lady Rose", Doulos replied,"he canceled it halfway and said his taking a break, he asked me to call and tell you to continue the talks as you are familiar with her", at this point just then the two caught out of the corner of their eyes, Sir Pierce walking lady Rose ,Doulos had previously vetted him and found out his fame no his infamy when it came to women,he was a known Romanitic. From Doulos perspective she was a beautiful dark red haired lady,her hair style was that of slicked back hair, a pony tail at the end ,and braided hair around ,with strands of curly hair falling down from the front , she had fair skin and light brown eyes with a triangular face ,and red lips,she wore a ruffled white linen shirt, a tight brown leather corset like vest,with a brown long skirt,and jeweled
sandals,Doulos released a ,"Tsk",he was confident that sir Conrad was setting him up.
Meanwhile Darian and Conrad sat in a carriage ,"your Mom is making dinner today after we return we should have an amazing feast waiting for us", Conrad said," why ",Darian replied," she never makes dinner ","well she's trying to make it up to you, as she hasn't been giving you as much attention, as I have, these past few months", after Conrad said this he patted Darians head and said,"people like me and your mom are trying to revolutionize the world, in a way that will help millions something like that brings us alot of attention, which intern can lead to danger and a loss of time, but that's why you have the both of us so you will never have to be alone, so we as a family never have to face it alone", Darian looked at Conrad and said," I know, I always knew that you were doing something so important, but I never really understood it in detail I want to know dad".
Conrad looked at Darian and said,"sure"," but first I've planned this entire day so let's see the sites and eat like normal people",the moment Conrads carriage rode past many of the people saw his emblem, two golden dragons with alternating blue and red colours forming a shield,crowds soon formed around the carriage chanting Conrads name,with glee, he improved mining Conditions, the villages trade of goods, plumbing systems ,and installed gas lamps to them, He earned the reputation of a benevolent leader, who heard the concerns of the people ,solving crimes and finding solutions for the flooding that would occur on rainy seasons. His solutions were always more practical and less expensive than the highering of grand level sorcerer's who charged hefty fines for anything they did.
Conrad arranged a location for the carriage to stop formerly introduceing the carriage driver to Darian.His name was Ardin he was landens assistant and had been chosen by Conrad to be Darians Pegasus riding instructor,this carriage was not using a Pegasus but a son howler, a creature that could only be described as having reptile scales being bipedal having a beak long talined feet with muscular hind legs a violent noisy scream and long unbranched horns.t
Their first stop was the Town hall,which was also used as the Auditorium, it was a great marble building with many pillars of stone near the main entrance, the bulk of the front half of the building was a vertical rectangle that sat right atop the buildings entrance infront of the building there were two statues one of the Goddess of evolution and progress Nuert.
she was commonly depicted as a beautiful women with charging animals horns on the sides of her head to symbolise the relentless march of time, a hammer,to represent building as progress could only be built by building on your predecessors, and on her left a big book representing all of lifes recorded history and endless possibilities, her second two back pair of arms that appeared to be like a mechanical doll with these hands she held a round shuttle on the right as her left hand was seen pulling the string this indicated she knew the length of the evolution a race would take.
The other statue was of the God of justice retribution and battle Gorn, depicted with both hands holding a single blade in a downward thrust motion on the blades furthest edge was a letter this was a common action taken by bounty hunters meaning they were chasing their target, he had two hawk like wings that covered him he wore slick gladiator battle garments, had a blindfold on his face covering his eyes and a chiseled face, he is said to be scarred on his face this was to indicate justice was messy and a sometimes a harmful ordeal to those who pursued it.
The two were separated apart by the wide stairs,one would have to walk before entering or even seeing the halls main entrance.Before them were bowls on a stone pedistal that would be filled with wood every night and set on fire. On the pedistal of each deity was a promise to the people written in white on the surface of black stoned plastered on these pedistals.This place was also commonly used for the court trials of the worst of the worst ,as they entered this clean Marble building you could see a statue of veritas also known as Aletheia God of cosmic law and creation,"the one needing no one to rule" ,made in gold circled patterns of light surrounding him at the centre a figure with closed eyes one hand upon the other holding a cross with baggy linen robes it was plastered on the wall as if a 3D portrait he was the deity the aletheians worshipped which included the house of windsor edison, and was the most popular belief,Conrad explained that his Job as the Duke was to oversee that justice was done and the law was upheld makeing sure the village had a stable economy and take tax to the king in exchange for possible funding and more.After that Darian replied with a ,"wow",of wonder,Conrad replying with ," we are not done yet ".
After that the both of them headed to the carriage again, only to find out that it was filled with more delicious pastries and foods acquired by Ardin,That day the two of them visited and joined a wildlife safari located in the villages east where there were plenty of woodlands. Darian was surprised by all the wildlife animals he saw and recorded it in a book for Sir Pierce,he also noticed that these animals seem to have some natural magic of their own.The next hour Darian zipped across inside a capable way viewing the reserve from above ,today he had even gotten a chance to view the living trees also known as the wise elders,of the past who were surrounded by stone pillars in a cross Road.They were very grumpy fellows at times signified by their age if they liked you they could tell you secrets of untold majesty. when Darian arrived they whispered through his ear and called him blessed of Aither cursed of fate.when Conrad was not looking Darian found it pretty cool and decided to say nothing of it as to not upset his father who seemingly had no response from the trees.
They then went to take hikes," at this rate we should end at sun down and arrive home at night", Conrad said, they traveled and climbed one of the villages largest hills while visiting a farm and taking a wine test with Darian getting the more sweet less alcoholic variants in small amounts. Darian was wowed as he saw farmers using magic during their daily work some using the raw mana to increase there strength or the strength of certain tools and used sun howlers to plow the fields then there was the fact when he first entered deeper into the village,he saw people moving around using nothing but sweeping brooms in the air although that wasn't common and According to his father was restricted to certain air spaces.
[lord Conrads Castle] Doulos walked up to lady Rose and Sir Pierce as they walked across a ponds bridge due to his keen senses he overheard their conversation pierce complimented her beauty and elegant style and said he was a big fan of her mathematical research papers about possible code algorithm and programming Languages that could alter and improve our perspective of language and magic as a whole,this jogged Doulos memory remembering why her research was backed by many aletheians except sir Conrad himself because they believed in cosmic law and what she was describing to them was alluding to that.Honestly it could of been manipulation to fund her work the longer her work was active the more she would be paid by her university and multiple other research institutions ofcourse this didn't all twinkle down to her but she was the clear beneficiary as he thought of this, he felt as if his lord had dodged a bullet,such an cunning woman she was, but it was such a simple scheme when he thought of it deeper he remembered that Pierce and lady Rose attended the same university so he wasn't too shocked.
After a few seconds Pierce and lady Roselle saw the approaching figure that met them halfway.Doulos gently walked up ignoring sir Pierce and said,"it's an honor to meet you again lady Rose", he bowed and she curtseyed this created an awkward environment for Pierce as both greetings did not include him causing him to be the only one standing still Doulos then added," I've heard alot about you", and she replied," ever since that night I've heard allot about you too", as a gentle smile appeared on her face, the implication alone caused sir Pierces heart to beat rapidly Doulos added,"my liege required of me to continue the conversation, where he left off", Sir Pierce took this opportunity to get out of the awkward environment as he bent down and said,"I'll be taking my leave now", and slowly went the opposite direction Doulos outstretched his hand at that moment, Rose asked," why so formal as she linked both their arms causing a weird smile to appear on his before Gently tapping his hand in the form of a fist pkacing it infront of his mouth, his face Quickly returning to normal, a smirk appearing on lady Roses face the more they walked he repeatedly gave concerns about how inappropriate this was but she refused he always thought their was more to how his lord reacted to lady Rose's discoveries or theories he thought he finally found the answer she was simply dangerous.
Conrad and Darian had traveled to the mines and were invited as Guests to see the process inside they descended via a mine lift that could go up to 6 kilometer in depth surrounding this were all types of steel beams and man made stone pillars with holes on the wall showing different digging sites,because of certain magic spells laced all around it cleansed the air prevanting lounge injury and allowed oxygenated air from the outside to enter no problem, on the inside were adventures at a platinum to tin ranked specifically there to make sure allot of people could make it out alive if any incident occured.they were recruited by the monster foundation and were a more informal version of the military and police their pay was based on the type of work they did rare artifacts they collected and the people they saved or captured.The king legalized them because he feared many talents who couldn't get into the rigid structure of the military or police force,would be lost and become the direct enemies of the people such as by turning into bandits,sometimes monsters would spawn in such a magic crystal heavy mine as bacteria would enter the mana crystals and rapidly evolve and attempt to consume the rest.Some of these adventures were here from royal schools, for group assignments as the guide explained all these intricacies.
They then visited the closest defensive wall built at around 200metres in height it was made with clay, mud,bricks with wooden frameing it was one out of five erected and the tallest by far.One ment to defend from the front the reason for the creation of these being to stop a possible hostile takeover of land in less guarded or weaker points,at the back the village houses lined the great wall vertically or horizontally,Conrad wanted to someday connect these walls with slightly smaller ones but it took too long because he refused to inlist powerful mages,wanting it to be done by the people of the village itself this would provide,for many after that. They later visited one of the twenty two police headquarters each beings it's own castle consisting of an average of about 50 and a 100 men at it's highest each capable of sorcery and trained for physical combat and these buildings were also responsible for storing weapons and supplies for war time.
And finally their last trip Conrad and Darian had gone to the Rivers coast and saw many on their boats catching and fishing by aiming and throwing makeshift spears at the fish and pulling them and some doing the old fashion lure and pull then stab. The fish were blessed by the water so when they moved in the water they seemed like torpedoes across the water the surface bulging, people would concentrate their mana as they gained increased strength and senses after a fish was caught it was then cooked coastal restaurants. Conrad and Darian attempted this with it ending up,as Conrad attempting and Darian cheerleading him, using too much of his mana at a young age, could cause serious damage so it was better to let it leak out slowly through the skin naturally through training.After he caught a few fish they ate it in a traditional style.
Conrad had ordered a ship to come pick them up so their , last minutes would be pure conversation their strolling had come to an end.